Word: patriotism
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That proved a futile hope for the crew of a British Challenger 2 tank fighting outside Basra in pitch darkness last week. The crew blasted another Challenger, killing two compatriots inside. Among other friendly-fire episodes of the war so far: a U.S. Patriot missile shot down a British Tornado aircraft, killing two servicemen. Another soldier died after two British armored vehicles came under fire, possibly from a U.S. A-10 aircraft. U.S. officials are investigating another incident near Nasiriyah, in which one Marine unit fired on another, wounding more than...
...dead and missing what had gone wrong, what a cook and a computer specialist, a mechanic and an aspiring elementary school teacher were doing in a convoy so close to battle, so unprotected. The 507th's usual job is to keep diesel tankers rolling, fix generators and service Patriot missile batteries. But it was attacked on March 23, at night, somewhere on or near Highway 1, one of the main north-south roads in Iraq...
...Jazeera, Fox News, BBC, the local station and Iraqi TV. They especially enjoyed the female anchor on Fox, with her short skirt." At sgtstryker.com the mother of a female Marine posts excerpts from her daughter's e-mails. And at chinpokomon.com Naval Lieut. Commander Kevin Mickey, stationed at Camp Patriot, Kuwait, posts droll photos and strong opinions about what should be done to Iraqis who execute U.S. POWs...
...more potent predictor of political behavior than social class. He outraged liberals by insisting that too many black children were being raised without fathers; he outraged conservatives by opposing Clinton's welfare reform because he didn't want to see those children hurt. He was an avid patriot and anticommunist, especially when he served as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. He drank like a fish, wrote like a dream and stood in the Senate like Cicero. He is irreplaceable. --By Joe Klein
...Lexington, Mass.-based company is the prime contractor for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system which has been used in recent weeks to intercept Iraqi missiles aimed at Kuwait City. Its shares have risen 15 percent since war began and are projected to rise further as the U.S. arsenal—which includes Ratheon Tomahawk missiles each with a price tag of one million dollars—requires restocking...